Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup

By A. Zimbalist. 2015

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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• The Mega-Event Syndrome: Why So Much Goes Wrong in Mega-Event Planning and What to Do About It (2015, background): “…however, are in rare unanimity that providing subsidies for mega-events is, at best, a suboptimal use of public money and incurs signifi cant opportunity costs (Baumann & Matheson, 2013; Crompton, 1995; Jennings, 2012; Madden, 2006; Matheson, 2008; Mills & Rosentraub, 2013; Zimbalist, 2015).”